Enduring military boredom
Subtitle: from 1750 to the present
By: Bård Mæland and Paul Otto Brunstad.
Contributors: Brunstad, Paul Otto.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780230577831
Subjects: Psychology, Military -- History; Sociology, Military -- History; Boredom -- History; Soldiers -- Psychology; Soldiers -- Social conditions; Military history
Description: "It is often said that war is 5% horror and 95% boredom. In this sense, military boredom is historically enduring as well as personally enduring for the soldiers who have to endure it. This book contributes to a deeper understanding historically, empirically and theoretically of the complex phenomenon of boredom in a military context"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Boredom in military history; title: Navigating against the wind of entropy; title: Bored in Afghanistan?; title: Voyage boredom; title: Submarine boredom; title: Enduring boredom, but how?